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Ship's log child's notebook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ship's log child's notebook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ship's log, used as child's notebook by Emery Richardson, poor condition (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001). A child used it for practicing letters and drawing sailboats.
"School House Lot."
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Places, Landscape
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
"School House Lot."
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
This is a handwritten list of land sold on the island. There is multiple sections of this labeled. The first being "Land for big house sold to Samuel Spurling." 2nd being "Boiling Spring + Dolly Newman field to William Preble." The list continues like this to make sense of how this land was divided to make a lot for the school.
Handwritten note about all marriages births and deaths in the Preble family.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Description:
A handwritten note about the marriages births and deaths that happened in the Preble family. It starts with the initial marriage of Esaias Preble of York Maine marrying Mary Bell of N. Castle N.H in 1807. These two had children, Lydia Preble 1807, William 1811, Mary 1812, Lucia ( NO DATE), Harriet 1817, Nancy 182?, George Bell 1822, Charles 1826, Andrew 1828, Eber 1829. Charles, Andrew and Eber were the only ones born on Cranberry Island after their family moved from York Maine. In the death section it only mentions a couple of the children and only one of the parents. [show more]
Livermore Falls Trust & Banking Co. Notebook.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • 1929
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Livermore Falls Trust & Banking Co. Notebook.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A notebook dating back to 1929. This notebook could have belonged to Doris Marr. This notebook has all types of notes it, from college expenses to orders made in June. There was also newspaper clippings and announcements placed inside the notebook
Notebook, "United States History", Alice Marion Bulger
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Notebook, "United States History", Alice Marion Bulger
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Notebook, "United States History", with blank pages for notes and partial maps for coloring and annotation, copyright 1903, belonging to and filled in by Alice Marion Bulger (found in Ruth Westphal's house)
Alice Bulger Stanley GCI high school notebook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • 1906
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Alice Bulger Stanley GCI high school notebook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, School accounts, kept by Alice Bulger 1906-1907, found in Ruth Westphal's house. With note from donor: "This book keeping exercise book belonged to Alice Bulger (Stanley) at a time when there evidently was a high school here on Great Cranberry in 1906-1907. Alice married Richard Stanley and they moved into the then new in 1910 home which now is the Westphal home."
Pencil sharpener ca. 1890
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Pencil Sharpener
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Pencil sharpener ca. 1890
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tool. Pencil sharpener. Wood base, arm, and support with metal file on base, metal teeth on arm, and metal handle at one end to clamp the sharpener to the table top. Pencil inserts through hole in wooden disk and is moved at an angle along the file. From Harold Stanley's house. Remains of text (instructions/manufacturer) on bottom barely visible. (Probably: Perfect Pencil Pointer Co., Portland Maine (to 1892), patented 1890 ~ advertised 1890-1913, Goodell Co., Antrim, NH (1892 on). (See: www.officemuseum.com/sharpener_gallery_1800s.htm and www.patented-antiques.com) [show more]
Slate blackboard
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Chalkboard
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Slate blackboard
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Blackboard, school, chalk slate,
Slate blackboard
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Chalkboard
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Slate blackboard
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Blackboard, school, chalk slate, 9.25"x13.5"
Great Cranberry Library bookmark
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Jeanne Goldberg
  • 1990
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Great Cranberry Library bookmark
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Two blue paper bookmarks with cranberry design in dark red and green, and with legend "Great Cranberry Library - Libraries are not made; they grow. A. Birrell". One bookmark has the cranberry leaves hand-colored green. The library was started 1986 or 1987, the bookmark was made about 1990 by Jeanne Goldberg, and Ruth Westphal started 1999 as librarian.